Soldier profiles

Name : WILLMORE, IAN GEORGE VERNON
Service Number : NX87095
Date of Birth : 22/01/1922
Place of Birth : SYDNEY, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : STUDENT
Date of Enlistment : 02/02/1942
Locality on Enlistment : ROSE BAY, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : WILLMORE, ANNE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : NEW GUINEA, BORNEO
Actions : TARAKAN (BORNEO), BALIKPAPAN (BORNEO)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 10/04/1946
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4608350 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll

Background : Son of G. M. Willmore and Ann Jane Helena Willmore.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. No marks / scars. At discharge : height 5 feet 10 inches, blue eyes, fair complexion, fair hair. Marital status : single. Marks / scars : linear scar left rectus (upper 1/2) 1/2" above left eye. Full time war service : A.I.F. 02/02/1942 to 10/04/1946 which included 1529 days active service (941 days within Australia & 517 days overseas). Operational service : New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 25/07/1943, disembarked in Australia 10/02/1944), Borneo area (embarked from Australia 16/03/1945, disembarked in Australia 25/01/1946). War badge no. A298894. Discharge certificate no. 433683.

Service record
02/02/1942 Marched in General Details Depot Sydney, New South Wales.
04/02/1942 Granted leave without pay General Details Depot Sydney Showgrounds, New South Wales from 04/02/1942 to 10/02/1942 inclusive.
11/02/1942 Marched out to 9 Pioneer Training Battalion from General Details Depot Sydney, New South Wales.
12/02/1942 Taken on strength 9 Pioneer Training Battalion Dubbo, New South Wales.
13/03/1942 Appointed acting Corporal 9 Pioneer Training Battalion Dubbo, New South Wales.
12/07/1942 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Bathurst, New South Wales.
14/07/1942 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion 2 Military District (New South Wales) ex Pioneer Training Battalion.
28/12/1942 Rank of Corporal confirmed 5 Military District (Western Australia).
28/12/1942 Appointed Lance Sergeant 5 Military District (Western Australia).
26/01/1943 Entrained for 3 Military District (Victoria) from 5 Military District (Western Australia).
26/03/1943 Entrained for 1 Military District (Queensland).
25/07/1943 Embarked Townsville, Queensland on H.M.T. Duntroon.
28/07/1943 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
08/02/1944 Embarked Port Moresby, New Guinea on H.M.A.S. Kanimbla.
10/02/1944 Disembarked Townsville, Queensland.
06/04/1944 Evacuated to 12 Australian Camp Hospital with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.) ?malaria from draft.
13/04/1944 Detained in 12 Australian Camp Hospital for more than 7 days and transferred to X list.
20/04/1944 Evacuated from 12 Australian Camp Hospital with malaria (benign tertian) to Neringah Convalescent Home.
17/05/1944 Evacuated from Neringah Convalescent Home, New South Wales to 103 Australian Convalescent Depot, New South Wales.
05/06/1944 Discharged from 103 Australian Convalescent Depot to General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication area for return to unit.
05/06/1944 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, New South Wales from General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication area ex 103 Australian Convalescent Depot for onward movement to unit.
04/07/1944 Evacuated to 2/14 Australian General Hospital, Queensland with malaria (benign tertian) relapse from draft and transferred to X list.
18/07/1944 Discharged 2/14 Australian General Hospital, Queensland to 13 Australian Personnel Staging Camp, Queensland.
18/07/1944 Taken on strength from 13 Australian Personnel Staging Camp ex 2/14 Australian General Hospital for onward movement to unit.
04/10/1944 Marched out to First Australian Army Australian Army Service Corps School Orderly Room Sergeants Wing Course no. 19 06/10/1944 to 07/11/1944 and transferred to X list.
08/11/1944 Taken on strength from First Australian Army Australian Army Service Corps School Orderly Room Sergeants Wing Course no. 19.
13/11/1944 Qualified First Australian Army Australian Army Service Corps School Orderly Room Sergeants Wing Course no. 19 06/10/1944 to 07/11/1944.
16/03/1945 Embarked Cairns, Queensland on U.S.A.T. Sea Barb.
28/03/1945 Disembarked Morotai.
22/04/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Tarakan.
18/05/1945 Embarked Tarakan for return to Morotai.
21/06/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Balikpapan, Borneo.
18/09/1945 Promoted to acting Sergeant.
20/09/1945 Transferred to Land Headquarters Pool Australian Army Education Services detached 1 Australian Base Sub Area Balikpapan, Borneo.
21/09/1945 Transferred in from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Balikpapan, Borneo.
21/09/1945 Detachment to Headquarters 7 Division.
29/10/1945 Rank of Sergeant confirmed.
17/01/1946 Transferred out to General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication area for reposting.
17/01/1946 Embarked Balikpapan, Borneo on S.S. Amherst Victory.
25/01/1946 Disembarked Brisbane, Queensland.
05/03/1946 Marched out to Australian Army Education Services, New South Wales.
05/03/1946 Taken on strength from Eastern Command Recruit Reception & General Details Depot.
31/03/1946 Transferred to Eastern Command Leave and Transit Depot, New South Wales for discharge.
10/04/1946 Discharged.